Regulations
National Park Plan (2023 to 2033)
The new action guide for the National Park Service is valid from 2023 to 2033 and consists of three volumes: Inventory Plan, Master Plan, and Implementation Plan (database). The plan contains specific indicators for the evaluation of the measures.
National Park Ordinance
The legal basis for the national park is the “Ordinance on the Berchtesgaden Alps and National Park in the version published on February 16, 1987. Last changed on July 10, 2006”. Here the area is demarcated, the purpose of the national park is defined, the bans and bans necessary for protection are laid down, exceptions and regulations for exemption from bans are regulated, and the tasks and goals of national park planning and organization are laid down.
Cycling Ordinance
The ordinance of the Berchtesgadener Land district office on the regulation of cycling in the Berchtesgaden National Park of May 25, 1992, last amended on April 12, 2012, makes it clear on which roads and forest paths in the National Park cycling is permitted.
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„Blocking Ordinance Gumpen/Königsbach Waterfall“
On June 30, 2021, the district office of Berchtesgadener Land issued an ordinance that prohibits entering the area around the so-called "Natural Infinity Pools" at the upper Königsbach waterfall. The purpose of this ban is to prevent damage to and dangers to flora and fauna caused by visitors.
Ordinance on the restriction of the right of entry in the Berchtesgaden National Park
The Landratsamt Berchtesgadener Land, as the lower nature conservation authority, enacts the maintenance of the landscape on the basis of Art. 31, Art. 43 Para. 2 No. 3 and Art. 57 Para. 2 No. 3 and Para. 3 of the Law on the Protection of Nature and recreation in the great outdoors (Bavarian Nature Conservation Act - BayNatSchG - of February 23, 2011 (GVBl. p. 82, BayRS 791-1-U), last amended by law of February 21, 2020 (GVBl. p. 34)) , the following regulation.